The Uniting Church in Australia acknowledges and respects the privacy of individuals. We support and endorse the National Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 and will comply with these principles whenever personal information as defined by the Act is collected by us.

Uniting Church Website Privacy Statement

This privacy statement applies to this website which is operated by the Hervey Bay Congregations of Uniting Church in Australia (UCA) under the domain herveybay.unitingchurch.org.au. This privacy statement explains how your personal information will be treated as you access and interact with the UCA website.

1. Information collected

When you look at this web site, our server may make a record of your visit and log the following information:
• your IP address (which may provide your server address / top level domain name, eg. .com, .gov, .au, .uk etc)
• the date and time of your visit to the site
• the pages you accessed and documents downloaded
• the previous site you have visited
• the type of browser you are using
• the operating system you are using
In general this information will only be used for statistical purposes, unless we believe some particular problem requires more detailed analysis.

2. Access to information collected

We will not make an attempt to identify individual users or their browsing activities. However, in the unlikely event of an investigation, a law enforcement agency or other government agency may exercise its legal authority to inspect our logs.

3. Use of information collected

We will only record your e-mail address if you send us a message. Your e-mail address will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided it and it will not be added to a mailing list or used for any other purpose without your consent.

This site does not provide facilities for the secure transmission of information across the Internet.

Users should be aware that there are inherent risks transmitting information across the Internet.

4. Cookies

Cookies can be either "persistent" or "session" based. Persistent cookies are stored on your computer, contain an expiration date, and may be used to track your browsing behaviour upon return to the issuing web site. Session cookies are short-lived, are used only during a browsing session, and expire when you quit your browser.

This web site only uses session cookies and only during a search query of the web site. Our Internet Service Provider has assured us that no cookies are employed on this web site except for those associated with the search engine. The web site statistics for this site are generated from the web logs as outlined above.

Upon closing your browser the session cookie set by this web site is destroyed and no personal information is maintained which might identify you should you visit our web site at a later date.

5. Contact this Office

Please contact this Office for further information. Privacy and IT issues can be sent to the following address admin@herveybay.unitingchurch.org.au.